<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>And I am sure that these 4-hour classes will be available for enrollment (including a Tri-State gift certificate) once Tri-State starts selling drones.</div><div><br></div><div>Sidebar: I am seriously considering donating the "Moscow Cares" drone, carrying case, Go-Pro3 camera, and sundry of various other related items to a worthy cause. This consideration and potential decision is based primarily on my desire not to perform aerial videotaping/photographing over populated grounds. I mean . . . taking it out to pastures, open fields and other deserted geography would get real old real quick.</div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div><div><br>On Sep 21, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Kai Eiselein <<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Mr. Hansen has made a good case for why drone operators should be required to complete. and pass, an operator's course in order to gain a license to fly these machines.</span><br><span>Additionally, because these things can fall out of the sky, potentially causing damage and physical injury, the operators should be required to carry an insurance policy of no less than two million dollars. ($2,000,000)</span><br><span></span><br><span>________________________________</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 13:12:47 -0700 </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: <a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>CC: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] drone sighting </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Chief Duke - </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mr. Rumelhart publicly stated that a large noisy drone was seen, by him </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>yesterday, flying over Moscow Junior High School. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mr. Rumelhart suggests that we should simply ignore it. I don't </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Suppose the drone had experienced problems and crashed into a moving </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>car . . . or worse. What then? </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I believe that an explanation is called for. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mr. Rumelhart may turn his back on this instance. I assure you, Chief. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> I won't! </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>How many more large, noisy drones will fly over public schools here in </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow before one crashes, causing physical injury, and you, Chief </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Duke, think to yourself, "Maybe we should have done something about </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>this earlier." </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On the evening of September 11th, just before the megaload entered </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow, I met up with a few MPD officers outside city hall and we </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>discussed drones (the "Moscow Cares" drone in particular) and their </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>potential for property and physical injury. That discussion was a </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>major factor in my decision not to fly the drone over populated </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>grounds. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Perhaps the same concern should be applied to the large noisy drone </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>(and the potential for more) Mr. Rumelhart witnessed yesterday. I am </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>sure that the parents of the students at Moscow Junior High School </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Would appreciate it. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I eagerly await your reply. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On the evening of September </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . . </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Moscow Cares" </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com<http://www.moscowcares.com/>">http://www.MoscowCares.com<http://www.moscowcares.com/></a> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tom Hansen </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow, Idaho </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Sep 21, 2014, at 12:47 PM, Paul Rumelhart </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a><<a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com">mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a>>> wrote: </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Answer to Mr. Hansen, I have no idea which local agencies have drones. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Somebody does. This wasn't a quad copter, it had a long narrow body, a </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>fin, and a wider section at the front. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Also, my apologies to Chief Duke for being dragged into this </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>conversation. If I wanted to report something I would call the non </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>emergency number at the station instead of cc'ing you like you were the </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>guy down the hall that handles the TPS reports. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Paul </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Sep 21, 2014 10:34 AM, "Tom Hansen" </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">mailto:thansen@moscow.com</a>>> wrote: </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mr. Rumelhart stated: </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"This one was a few feet long and looked like an official drone some </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>department or other was testing out. I highly doubt they were deploying </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>it illegally." </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2014-September/098157.html">http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2014-September/098157.html</a> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Question, Mr. Rumelhart: Since I have never seen a drone flying within </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow city limits (with the sole exception of the "Moscow Cares" drone </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I flew the other day at Guy Wicks Field), what department (state, </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>county, or city) possesses a drone? </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Question for Chief Duke: Chief, are you aware of ANY drones flown over </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow Junior High School yesterday (Saturday)? I ask this question </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>because I consider such activity to be a threat to the safety of the </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow community. I have thought it over carefully and extensively. I </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>have decided not to fly the "Moscow Cares" drone (pictured below) over </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>people or a location with the potential of inhabiting people. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><image1.jpeg> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thank you for your anticipated and thoughtful response, Chief. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . . </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Moscow Cares" </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com<http://www.moscowcares.com/>">http://www.MoscowCares.com<http://www.moscowcares.com/></a> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tom Hansen </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow, Idaho </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Sep 21, 2014, at 7:41 AM, Tom Hansen </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">mailto:thansen@moscow.com</a>>> wrote: </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Nope. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mine is virtually silent </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Anybody care to see Guy Wicks Field from approximately 200 (that's </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>right, two hundred) feet? </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I don't see why I was so concerned. This drone is easier to fly, and </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>control (via iPad), than a kite. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If I were you, Mr. Rumelhart, I would report this sighting to the </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow Police. Flying a drone, especially one as noisy as you claim, </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>over a public school is dangerous. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Never mind. I Cc'd a copy of this to Moscow Police Chief Duke. You </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>can provide the missing details to the officer when he stops by, ok? </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The community would appreciate it. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . . </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Moscow Cares" </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com<http://www.moscowcares.com/>">http://www.MoscowCares.com<http://www.moscowcares.com/></a> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tom Hansen </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow, Idaho </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Sep 20, 2014, at 5:06 PM, Paul Rumelhart </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a><<a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com">mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a>>> wrote: </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I just saw what I looked like a big white drone making a loud piercing </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>whistle sound heading west above the Junior High. Anyone else see it? </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Is this Tom's new toy? 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